Annual Report 2008
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ANNUAL REPORT 2008 Contact details: Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies Level 4 Forgan Smith Tower The University of Queensland St Lucia Qld AUSTRALIA 4072 Ph: 61 7 3346 9764 Fax: 61 7 3365 7184 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cccs.uq.edu.au TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 3 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ...................................................................... 4 Public Lecture Program .............................................................................................................. 5 Occasional Seminar Program.................................................................................................. 5 Media and Cultural Studies Meetings (MACS) .............................................................. 6 FEDERATION FELLOW PROJECT .......................................................... 7 ARC CULTURAL RESEARCH NETWORK .............................................. 7 VISITORS ..................................................................................................... 9 Honorary Fellows ......................................................................................................................... 10 Visiting Scholars ........................................................................................................................... 10 Faculty Fellows ............................................................................................................................. 10 Dr Maureen Burns ....................................................................................................................... 10 Dr Joe Hardwick ........................................................................................................................... 10 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................. 11 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING ................................................................ 11 STAFF ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 13 Professor Graeme Turner - Director ................................................................................. 13 Associate Professor Anita Harris – Deputy Director ............................................... 15 Dr Mark Andrejevic ..................................................................................................................... 16 Dr Melissa Bellanta ..................................................................................................................... 17 Dr Melissa Gregg .......................................................................................................................... 18 Mr John Gunders .......................................................................................................................... 19 Dr Anna Pertierra ......................................................................................................................... 20 Dr Jinna Tay .................................................................................................................................... 21 Dr Zala Volčič ................................................................................................................................. 22 Former Fellows and Affiliated Staff .................................................................................. 23 CENTRE GRANTS ..................................................................................... 23 CENTRE PUBLICATIONS ....................................................................... 24 Professor Graeme Turner ........................................................................................................ 24 Chapters in scholarly books .................................................................................................... 24 Articles in refereed journals .................................................................................................... 24 Dr Mark Andrejevic ..................................................................................................................... 24 Articles in refereed journals .................................................................................................... 24 Dr Melissa Bellanta ..................................................................................................................... 25 Chapters in scholarly books .................................................................................................... 25 Articles in refereed journals .................................................................................................... 25 Dr Melissa Gregg .......................................................................................................................... 25 Articles in refereed journals .................................................................................................... 25 Associate Professor Anita Harris ........................................................................................ 26 Dr Zala Volčič ................................................................................................................................. 26 Chapters in scholarly books .................................................................................................... 26 Articles in refereed journals .................................................................................................... 26 Articles and Book Chapters (Non-Refereed) ..................................................................... 27 CONFERENCE, KEYNOTE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS ....... 27 Professor Graeme Turner ........................................................................................................ 27 Invited presentations and keynotes..................................................................................... 27 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 27 Dr Mark Andrejevic ..................................................................................................................... 27 Invited presentations and keynotes..................................................................................... 27 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 28 Dr Melissa Bellanta ..................................................................................................................... 28 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 28 Seminar Presentations: ............................................................................................................ 28 Dr Melissa Gregg .......................................................................................................................... 28 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 28 Associate Professor Anita Harris ........................................................................................ 29 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 29 Dr Zala Volčič ................................................................................................................................. 29 Conference presentations ........................................................................................................ 29 2 Introduction The CCCS has had perhaps its most industrious and lively year so far, with the ARC Cultural Research Network at its most active, the Federation Fellowship program at full strength with both its postdoctoral fellows in place for the whole year, one new UQ postdoctoral fellow in place, a full program of lectures, masterclasses and seminars, and a graduate course being taught from the Centre. Highlights include the CRN-sponsored masterclass presented by Professor Charlotte Brunsdon (Warwick, UK), the month-long visit from Professor Meaghan Morris (UWS and Lingnan University, Hong Kong) who took part in our work in progress seminars as well as consulting with staff about their projects, the CRN funded lectures from Dr Jonathon Sterne (McGill), Professor Robert Allen (University of North Carolina) and Professor Tony Bennett (Open University), as well as Professor Toby Miller’s (UC Riverside) regular visit for the Federation Fellow project. The program of lectures and seminars has been successful again with particularly strong turnouts for the interdisciplinary seminars. Staff activities over this year have included significant field work absences for Jinna Tay and Anna Pertierra, overseas research trips for Graeme Turner, Melissa Bellanta, Zala Volčič and Mark Andrejevic and a hectic round of conferences involving all staff during the mid-year semester break and over the summer. John Gunders received an Arts Faculty scholarship to work on his thesis fulltime for three months, and did this over March-July with the occasional interruption to attend to emergencies here. Staff movements include Anita Harris’s taking maternity leave in August (she returns in February, 2009) and the birth of her son, Julian, and Melissa Gregg’s decision to move to Sydney to join her partner there in late 2008. Melissa will move her ARC